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My Beautiful Laundrette is a film directed by Stephen Frears with Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Gordon Warnecke .... Year: 1985. Original title: My Beautiful Laundrette. Synopsis: Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right hand man, Salim ...
In a (dis)United Kingdom overwhelmed by greed, a cannibal restaurant becomes the latest craze in Eat the Rich (1987). During a street fight, Omar bumps into his former lover Johnny. The two rekindle the romance between them and manage Omar’s uncle’s laundrette, but various social issues stand in their way of success.
Show full synopsis. Originally shot for television in six weeks on a low budget, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) was directed by Stephen Frears, from author Hanif Kureishi 's first screenplay. Originally shot on 16mm, it was so well received by critics at the Edinburgh Film Festival that it was internationally distributed for cinema on 35mm.
Mar 16, 1986 · In contrast, ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' offers a refreshingly complementary angle. Far from the epic canvases and pavilions of the ''Raj'' dramas, this offbeat British satire cast a wry eye on ...
Originally made for Channel Four television, this delightful, surprising, original, engrossing, and comical film from England really took Margaret Thatcher's Britain to the wash-in more ways than one. In the UK, My Beautiful Laundrette opened to the most lavish set of rave reviews to come out of Britain since A Passage to India, and the fact that it has
Mar 7, 1986 · British-born, half-Pakistani playwright and novelist Hanif Kureishi won an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette, which was originally filmed for BBC television. Kureishi collaborated again with director Stephen Frears on Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
Released in United States Spring March 7, 1986 Released in United States August 1985 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 1985.) Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (25th Anniversary Special Events/ The Bloomberg Tribute to Stephen Frears) September 7-16, 2000.)
